MSCI’s index decision spares EM investors
Active fund managers trying to navigate the bad headlines may still be torpedoed by passive funds
Active fund managers trying to navigate the bad headlines may still be torpedoed by passive funds
UK economic growth accelerated to 0.7% in the second quarter of the year, helped by a big jump in oil and gas production.
Pfizer Inc. shares rose 1.1% in premarket trade Tuesday, after the drugs giant reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit and revenue and raised the midpoint of its revenue and adjusted earnings outlook. Pfizer said it had net income of $2.6 billion, or 42 cents a share, in the quarter, down from $2.9 billion, or 45 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted per-share earnings came to 56 cents, ahead of the 52 cents FactSet consensus. Revenue edged down to $11.9 billion from $12.8 billion... Читать дальше...
TRIPOLI, Libya - A court in Libya on Tuesday sentenced a son of Moammar Gadhafi to death by firing squad after convicting him of murder and inciting genocide during the 2011 uprising.
Authorities investigating how a caravan exploded in Mount Isa, killing three people inside, face a huge task in piecing together what happened, a criminologist says.
The tech titan's offer of up to $300m for Impossible Foods was spurned by the burger maker, according to reports
The tech titan's offer of up to $300m for Impossible Foods was spurned by the burger maker, according to reports
An ambulance was called to Armagh courthouse after a man accused of assaulting victims campaigner Willie Frazer fell down a flight of stairs.
European stocks recovered from a five-day spell of losses thanks to strong company results and acquisition announcements
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Public school leaders in Sioux Falls have broken ground for a $10.9 million school for Spanish immersion students. The district's growing Spanish immersion program serves more than 400 elementary school-age students. It currently operates out of two elementary schools. The new school is being built on the site of an old elementary school. It's slated to open in the fall of 2016. Funding for the school was jeopardized earlier this year when state lawmakers proposed limits... Читать дальше...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - President Barack Obama says creating jobs and opportunity for the next generation is Africa's most urgent task.
Psychologists and behavioral scientists are looking more closely at ambiversion—a personality type that can adapt to social or solitary environments.
Forty incidents of raw sewage polluting beaches across the south west at the weekend happened because of water company systems failing, environmental campaigners claim.
MAHWAH, New Jersey - Police say a man drove off with a bag containing $150,000 in cash after two employees who were replenishing ATMs mistakenly left it on a lawn in northern New Jersey.
The Wall Street Journal’s Daily Report on Global Central Banks for Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Jon Hilsenrath sees little chance that the Fed will be derailed by a fresh budget dispute.
BEIJING - China's stock market tumbled this week despite a massive government intervention aimed at halting a slide in prices that began last month. At its peak in early June, the Shanghai Composite Index had risen about 150 percent from late 2014. After dropping 30 percent over several weeks, government support measures calmed the market. But on Monday the sell-off resumed, with the Shanghai index suffering a drop of 8.5 percent, its biggest daily fall since February 2007. Here's what the sell-off... Читать дальше...
BEIJING (AP) — China's stock market tumbled this week despite a massive government intervention aimed at halting a slide in prices that began last month. At its peak in early June, the Shangha…
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TRIPOLI, Libya, July 28 (UPI) -- Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi, was sentenced to death over war crimes during the country's 2011 revolution.
A jury convicted a Washington, D.C., woman of delivering marijuana. A dealer paid her to pick up the pot mailed from elsewhere and pass it off to a Maryland man. Her cut was left in a mailbox.